UNIFIL warns of risk for ‘serious escalation’ between Israel, Lebanon
UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping outfit deployed along the buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon, says the Israel Defense Forces informed the force that it will begin “an artillery response” to Thursday rocket launches into Israel from Lebanon.
UNIFIL says its personnel soon heard loud explosions around the city of Tyre in southern Israel and that the head of mission and force commander, Major General Aroldo Lázaro, was speaking with authorities on both sides.
“Both sides have said they do not want a war,” UNIFIL says in a statement, warning that the “actions over the past day are dangerous and risk a serious escalation.”
IAF targets more weapons production sites, tunnel in fresh Gaza airstrikes
The Israel Defense Forces say Israeli jets hit additional targets in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave.
Fighter jets took out a shaft for an underground weapons production site, three other sites for weapons manufacturing and a terrorist tunnel, belonging to terror organization Hamas, the military says.
These attacks disrupt Hamas’s ability to “strengthen and arm itself,” the military says, adding that the terror group “bears responsibility” for recent events and “is the one that will pay the price for the security violations against the State of Israel.”
Israel has been striking Gaza overnight and launched a rare airstrike in Lebanon less than two hours ago, following a day of rocket barrages from the Palestinian enclave and from Lebanon territory on Thursday.
Nearly three dozen rockets were launched at Israel from Lebanon on Thursday afternoon, most of them intercepted by the Iron Dome system.
Rocket alerts sound in southern Israel amid airstrikes in Gaza, Lebanon
Rocket sirens are sounding in the southern Israeli towns of Sderot, Ibim and Nir Am, amid ongoing military airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Israel has been targeting multiple sites in the Palestinian enclave and in Lebanon in response to rocket barrages from both territories on Thursday.
The military a short while ago said it struck multiple targets including “terrorist infrastructure” belonging to terror group Hamas in southern Lebanon.
“The IDF will not allow the Hamas terrorist organization to operate from within Lebanon and holds the state of Lebanon responsible for every directed fire emanating from its territory,” the military says.
Rocket siren sounds in town near Gaza Strip
Amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, a rocket siren is sounding in the town of Yated, near the Palestinian enclave.
There are no immediate reports of an incoming rocket, injuries, or damage.
The military says details are under review.
Israel launches fresh airstrikes in Gaza
The military says it is striking in the Gaza Strip, following a long night of attacks on Hamas targets in the Palestinian enclave and in southern Lebanon.
The IDF launched strikes a short while ago in Lebanon, hours after a barrage of 34 rockets were launched at northern Israel Thursday afternoon.
Multiple explosions heard in southern Lebanese town of Tyre
At least three explosions are heard in southern Lebanon’s Tyre region at dawn, according to AFP reporters, as Israel announces it is carrying out strikes in response to rocket fire.
“At least two shells fell near” a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre city, says camp resident Abu Ahmad, who tells AFP he “heard explosions.”
IDF strikes Hamas ‘infrastructure targets’ in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military says it attacked a number of targets belonging to the Palestinian terror group Hamas in southern Lebanon.
The IDF hit “infrastructure targets” and other sites of the terror organization, the military says in a statement.
“The IDF will not allow the terrorist organization Hamas to operate from Lebanon and considers the state of Lebanon responsible for all fire from its territory,” the military says
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